from margaretfield

really, a serious attempt to provide tips for getting more out of your 24 hours; very 1908 intensity

from birchdev

How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day is a short read by Arnold Bennett where he explains his thoughts on time management. A few takeaways from the books are as follows: Time is the inexplicable raw material of everything. With it, all is possible; without it, nothing. No one can take it from yo...

from Eyejaybee

A somewhat sententious analysis of how time seems simply to evaporate in modern life (written about 100 years ago). I found this short book (well, scarcely more than a long essay) was a little disappointing after having read some of Bennett's fiction set in the "Five Towns", though I did acknowle...

from RajivC

This is a beautiful little book. It's pithy, blunt and eminently practical. The lessons in the book are extremely valuable today. I will buy the print version as soon as possible

from Kaethe

I am not normally drawn to philosophy, which seems to me, like religion, to get caught up in eddies of meaningless dispute. Nor am I drawn to self-help, which seems to be one or two good sentences surrounded by a tremendous amount of padding. Sometimes, not even one good sentence. Anyway, I had g...